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Calgary 卡尔加里

51.04°N, 114.07°W · America/Edmonton · all times below are local

At 51.0°N the station can pass close to overhead; this week's highest pass reaches 83° to the east-north-east and the sky stays properly dark for 10.4 hours.

orbits & twilight computed 2026-10-29 21:16 UTC FRESH · 38 min ago

The sky is properly dark from 20:10 to 06:34 (10.4 hours); Tiangong makes its next visible pass at 20:24, reaching 14° to the south; Mars is the highest planet at 52° to the south, around 07:04; the Moon is 82% lit (Waning gibbous).

Dark window
10.4h
sun below −18°
Next pass
20:24
Tiangong · S · 14°
Highest pass
83°
ENE
Moon lit
82%
65.8° peak
Satellite passes — next 14 days ISS · Tiangong · Hubble · above 10° under a dark sky
TiangongThu 29 Oct20:24–20:33 (9 min)14° SWSW → SE
ISSFri 30 Oct00:44–00:53 (8 min)12° SES → E
ISSFri 30 Oct02:19–02:30 (10 min)47° SSW → ENE
ISSFri 30 Oct03:56–04:06 (10 min)80° NW → E
ISSFri 30 Oct05:33–05:43 (10 min)74° SSEWNW → ESE
ISSFri 30 Oct07:10–07:19 (10 min)24° SSWWNW → SE
TiangongFri 30 Oct19:25–19:33 (8 min)15° SWSW → ESE
TiangongFri 30 Oct21:01–21:09 (8 min)10° SSWWSW → SE
ISSSat 31 Oct01:32–01:42 (10 min)34° SESW → ENE
ISSSat 31 Oct03:08–03:19 (10 min)83° ENEW → E
ISSSat 31 Oct04:45–04:56 (10 min)77° EW → E
ISSSat 31 Oct06:22–06:32 (10 min)34° SSWWNW → SE
TiangongSat 31 Oct20:01–20:10 (8 min)12° SWSW → SE
ISSSun 01 Nov00:45–00:54 (10 min)25° SESW → ENE
ISSSun 01 Nov01:21–01:31 (10 min)75° ESEWSW → ENE
ISSSun 01 Nov02:58–03:08 (10 min)76° NWW → E
TiangongSun 01 Nov18:02–18:10 (8 min)14° SWSW → SE

Tonight's timelineCalgary · 18:22 → 08:22

Interactive plan →
Moon66° WNW
Mars52° S
Jupiter48° S
Saturn40° SW
Venusbelow 10°
Mercurybelow 10°
18:2221:1023:5802:4605:3408:22
Best targetshighest first
01Mars03:40–07:0452° Sup 02:04–08:22
02Jupiter04:22–07:0448° Sup 02:46–08:22
03Saturn20:22–02:5840° SWup 18:40–04:40

At 82% illuminated the Moon is the brightest thing in the sky tonight and will wash out fainter targets while it is up. Look for the planets anyway — they cut through moonlight better than almost anything else.

How passes work

We track three objects bright enough to be worth going outside for: the ISS, China's Tiangong station and the Hubble Space Telescope. Each orbits at roughly 7.5 km/s and comes round every 90–95 minutes, but a pass only counts as visible when the object is sunlit while your sky is dark — which is why they cluster in the two hours after sunset and before sunrise.

Elevation is the angle above your horizon. 10° is easy to spot if you know where to look; 45° is unmistakable — brighter than any star, moving like an aircraft that makes no sound. The last column tells you where to look first and where it will disappear.

Hubble is far fainter than the two stations: treat it as a dark-sky target for people who already know the sky, not a first sighting.

Positions from SGP4 propagation of the current Celestrak TLEs, checked against your coordinates; accuracy a few kilometres, which for “is it over my head” is plenty. A stale TLE drifts by seconds, not by orbits.

Nearby citiesclosest by distance, each recomputed for its own coordinates

All 170 cities →
2026-10-30 · 6 次
20:24TiangongWSW → SE · 9 分钟14° S
00:44ISSS → E · 8.5 分钟12° SE
02:19ISSSW → ENE · 10.5 分钟47° S
03:56ISSW → E · 10.5 分钟80° N
05:33ISSWNW → ESE · 10.5 分钟74° SSE
07:10ISSWNW → SE · 9.5 分钟24° SSW
2026-10-31 · 6 次
19:25TiangongWSW → ESE · 8.5 分钟15° S
21:01TiangongWSW → SE · 8 分钟10° SSW
01:32ISSSW → ENE · 10.5 分钟34° SE
03:08ISSW → E · 10.5 分钟83° ENE
04:45ISSW → E · 10.5 分钟77° E
06:22ISSWNW → SE · 10 分钟34° SSW
2026-11-01 · 4 次
20:01TiangongWSW → SE · 8.5 分钟12° S
00:45ISSSW → ENE · 9.5 分钟25° SE
01:21ISSWSW → ENE · 10.5 分钟75° ESE
02:58ISSW → E · 10.5 分钟76° NW
2026-11-02 · 1 次
18:02TiangongWSW → SE · 8.5 分钟14° S

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